Leading Ladies Debra Paget
Broken Arrow/ Sonseeahray
The Ten Commandments/ Lilia
Prince Valiant/ Ilene
Cry Of The City/ Teena Ricinti
Per Quinlan's Film Stars:
Although ( or perhaps because) copper haired Debra Paget had the kind of figure that makes men walk into posts, Twentieth Century Fox , who signed her at 15, cast here in demure roles. She lacked the animation to make much of these, apart from her Indian girl in Broken Arrow, but director Fritz Lang saw her come to life in a harem dance or two, and took her to Germany to play the Indian Princess in his two film saga of 1958, in which she was remarkably effective .
Born Debralee Griffin at Denver, CO in 1933, she had acting in her blood coming from a show business family and being the offspring of "a stage mother" who wanted her kids in the movies.
Her parents, Margaret Allen, a former actress and Frank Griffin, a painter, moved tom Los Angeles in the 1930's to be close to the motion picture industry. Debra was enrolled in the Hollywood Professional School.
Her sister Teala Loring got her movie breaks in the 1940's. Her other sister Lisa Gaye was a movie and TV star in the 1950's and 1960's. Her brother Frank landed some film jobs as well.
Ms. Paget's first performing job was at the age of 8. She got some state experience at age 13 where she appeared in a production of Shakespeare's of The Merry Wives Of Windsor.
She made her films debut at age 15 in 1948 in the film Cry Of The City.
Some of the film roles of Debra Paget were:
Cry Of The City (1948) as Teena Riconti
Mother Is A Freshman (1949) as Linda
Itr Happens Every Spring (1949) as Alice A College Coed
House Of Strangers (1949) as Maria Domenico
Broken Arrow (1950) as Sonseeahray
Fourteen Hours (1951) as Ruth
Bird Of Paradise (1951) as Kalua
Anne Of The Indies (1951)m as Molly LaRochelle
Belles On Their Toes (1952)m as Martha Gilbreath
Les Miserables (1952) as Cosette
Stars And Stripes Forever (1952) as Lily Becker
Prince Valiant (1954) as Ilene
Princess Of The Nile (1954) as Princess Shalimar/ Taura
Demetrius And The Gladiators (1954) as Lucia
The Gambler From Natchez (1954) as Melanie Barbee
White Feather (1955) as Appearing Day
Seven Angry Men (1955) as Elizabeth Clark
The Last Hunt (1956) as Indian Girl
The Ten Commandments (1956) as Lilia
Love Me Tender (1956) as Cathy Reno
The River's Edge (1957) as Margaret Fowler
Omar Khayyam ( 1957) as Sharain
From The Earth To The Moon (1958) as Virginia Nicholl
Tiger Of Bengal (1959) as Seetha The Sheeva Dancer
The Tomb Of Love (1959) as Seetha
Why Must I Die? (1960) as Dottie Manson
Journey To The Lost City (1960) as Seetha
Cleopatra's Daughter (1960) as Silia- Cleopatra's Daughter
Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961) as Linda Marlow
Tales Of Terror (1962) as Helene
The Haunted Palace (1963) as Ann Ward
Ms. Paget appeared on television in such programs as Matinee Theater, 20th Century Fox Hour, Climax!, Cimarron City, Wagon Train, Riverboat, The Man And The Challange, The Dupont Show, Johnny Ringo, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Rawhide and Burke's Law.
Ms. Paget has been married and divorced three times.
She is now retired and living in Houston.
I enjoyed Ms. Paget in the films The Ten Commandments, Broken Arrow, White Feather, Demetrius And The Gladiators, The Haunted Palace and Prince Valiant.
Louie The Movie Buff